MANSFIELD - A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in the area of 177 Lexington Avenue after shots were fired at a woman, Mansfield police Lt. Det. Rob Skropits said.

"No one was struck," Skropits told media who gathered in an alley near Advanced Auto Parts on Lexington Avenue.

The victim, a 32-year-old woman, told police she was not shot and was just "pistol whipped" with the gun, which she said she believed was just a BB gun, according to the police report. She told police she was approached by her ex-boyfriend David Partin, 33, who had just been released from jail Thursday morning and he began to argue with her. She did not wish to provide a statement, according to police.

Eight spent shell casings were found on Antibus Place. Several rounds are believed to have struck a residence at 149 Lexington Ave. A witness said they saw the suspect toss a gun on the ground. Someone said police were enroute and the suspect picked the gun back up and ran. He was found in the area of Hedges Street.

The suspect said he was shot at by an unknown black male and that he picked up the man's weapon and ran from the area. He told police he dropped the gun in the area of South Main and Chestnut streets. Officers took the suspect to the area and he was able to point to where the gun was, according to the police report.

David Partin, 33, of Mansfield, was arrested and transported to the Richland County Jail Thursday. Mansfield police served a felony warrant on Partin.(Photo: Submitted)

Partin was served a felony warrant on a bond revocation. He faces charges of felonious assault and improperly discharging a weapon at or into a habitation or school, according to the police report.

Mansfield police, detectives and Richland County Sheriff J. Steve Sheldon were at the crime scene, along with crime scene technician Cindy Reed. Orange cones marked where possible evidence had been recovered.

"We received a call of a possible shooting here in the alley. When we arrived, we found some casings in the roadway, a possible victim and we had some information on the suspect," Skropits said. "We found out nobody was hurt so we don't have any shooting victims. ... It seems this incident has stepped out of a domestic violence between a male and a female. They ended up meeting up here in the alley. We're told that the female was shot at. She was not hit. The suspect took off. We did locate the suspect. He's at the Richland County Jail."